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Location present day north Carolina.
Roanoke was a failed dwelling. The motivation for life in Roanoke was to expand territory and search for gold. Roanoke had two attempts to colonize but both failed. Roanoke was unsuccessful because the land was quite dry and growing crops was hard. So the Roanoke settlers had to hunt for food. Roanoke died off like most of Jamestown. Roanoke was not ready for winter and all settlers had died off. -
Tobacco became a cash crop in the colonies.
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slaves were shipped in mass numbers to farm tobacco.
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The mayflower had left its port on England.
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Gorge calvret had a plan to found a catholic colony.
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Jan. 1636 Roger Williams founded Rhode Island.
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Anne Hutchinson had not thought that the government was not appropriate and had other ideas on running the town so she founded portsmith.
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A Jamestown settler had killed the leader of the Alonquains
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Metecomet or king Phillips the first’s father had died.
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In all 13 colonies slaves became legal.
